Display chest



R, A, BLC'JOM DISPLAY CHEST Filed Aug. 17, 1944' INVENTOR. Flam/wfLBloo/w arm/Mfrs Patented Oct. 22, 1946 DISPLAY CHEST Richard A. Bloom,Kenwood Station, N. Y., assignor to Oneida Ltd., Oneida, N. Y., acorporation of New York Application August 17, 1944, Serial No. 549,919

2 Claims.

This invention relates to improvements in display chests and moreparticularly in chests used for containing and displaying silver andsilver plated flatware articles.

The general object of the invention is to provide a silver storage chesthaving improved visibility for displaying purposes.

With this general object and still other objects which will appear inthe following full description in mind, the invention consists in thecombinations and arrangements of parts and details of construction whichwill now first be fully described in connection with the accompanyingdrawing and then be more particularly pointed out in the appendedclaims.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a chest embodying the invention in apreferred form and showing the same with the cover raised,

Figures 2 and 3 are vertical cross sections of the chest of Figure l andshowing the chest in open and closed position, respectively.

Referring to the drawing, the chest comprises a body I, a lid 2connected therewith by hinges 3, and is provided with suitable fittingsfor holding silverware or other articles to be displayed, the articlesthemselves being omitted in the drawing for clarity of illustration. Themiddle portion of the front wall of the body I is cut down, as at 4, toprovide improved visibility when the chest is used for display purposesand the lid 2 has a correspondingly shaped projection 5 which fits inthe cutout i and fills the same when the chest is closed. The dowel orhead it attached to the projection 5 serves as a handle for opening thechest and also conceals the joint between the cutout 4 and theprojection 5, when the chest is in closed position.

The bottom, sides and front of the body l are fitted with a liner 7which extends slightly above the edges of the walls so as to fit withinthe lid 2, when in closed position and thus close the chest. The liner 1will normally be covered with a suitable soft fabric both for appearanceand to close the chest more effectively. The top or lid is provided witha fixed inner fabric lining 8 carrying article holding means, such asthe loops 9 adapted to receive knives, and the body portion contains amovable panel l0 covered with fabric H and provided with a fabriccovered holding member I2 in which are formed slots [3 for receivingstacks of forks, spoons and the like in the usual way. As will beunderstood, the silver- 2 ware articles when placed in the loops 9 andslots l3 substantially cover the inside of the lid and the panel Ill.The lid and panel H} are joined by a fabric web M so that in effect thefabric covering ll of the panel Hi and the liner 8 of the lid are acontinuous piece of material, and the lid 2 and panel In are joinedtogether by links 15 and pins [6 and H so that when the lid is lifted,the rear edge of the panel It! is lifted and pulled rearwardly into theposition of Figure 2 and may also serve as a stop to prevent the lidbeing opened too far. In this way, the holder I2 is lifted up until itis substantially level with the upper edge of the body liner 1 and thearticles held in the slots I3 are fully visible through the front cutout4. Upon closing the lid, the mov- 'able panel In slides back into theposition of Figure 3. As will now be apparent, the chest of theinvention provides for attractive display of the chest and contents,with full visibility of the contents, and at the same time provides aconvenient and compact home container for the contents of the chest whensold.

What is claimed is:

1. A chest for flatware and the like comprising in combination, a body,a lid hingedly secured thereto and having article holding means on itsinner surface, an article holding panel in said body and forming a floortherefor, fabric covering for said article holding means and for saidpanel and extending therebetween to connect the same, and meansconnecting said panel to said lid for raising the panel edge adjacentthe lid hinge into position substantially level with said hinge andmoving said panel into tilted position when said lid is open.

2. A chest for flatware and the like comprising in combination, a bodyhaving a cutout in its front wall, a lid hingedly secured to said bodyand having a projecting portion adapted to fit within said cutout whenthe chest is closed, an article holding panel resting in said body andforming a floor therefor, means connecting said panel to said lid forraising the panel edge adjacent the lid hinge into positionsubstantially level with said hinge and moving said panel into tiltedposition when said lid is open, article holding means on the innersurface of said lid, and fabric covering for said article holding meansand said article holding panel and extending therebetween to connect thesame RICHARD A. BLOOM.

